All of your WhatsApp messages will now have end-to-end encryption on iOS, Android, Windows Phone and Web. Here are the details on it.
The FBI may have officially taken the necessary steps to drop its case against Apple, but the ongoing encryption battle is far from actually being over and put to bed. The United States Department of Justice jumped through all of the necessary hoops last week in order to prevent its ongoing encryption case against Apple from going to court. The decision was taken internally after the FBI found another method of unlocking the iPhone 5c used in the San Bernardino shootings, and therefore no longer required Apple's intervention. Now, several security experts have gone on record as stating that the method used by FBI for accessing the device is unlikely to stay secret for long.
The Apple vs FBI battle is over, well at least for now. U.S. government's Department of Justice dropped its case against Apple today as the FBI no longer needed Apple's help in unlocking the iPhone 5c belonging to one of San Bernardino shooters.
The continually twisting and turning rollercoaster that is the Apple versus the FBI encryption case has taken yet another unexpected turn. In a surprising turn of events, the FBI has officially filed a motion as part of an attempt to vacate the scheduled court hearing that was all set to take place in a Californian court Tuesday. In the motion, the FBI claims to have found another way to gain access to the iPhone used in the San Bernardino shootings, and in turn, no longer requires the assistance of Apple to break encryption and provide a backdoor into the iOS platform.
According to a new report, Apple Employees responsible for making iOS a secure platform will quit if the company is forced to build GovtOS for the FBI.
A new iOS trojan called AceDeceiver has been identified that has the ability to infect iPhones and iPads without the need for them to be jailbroken. Discovered by Palo Alto Networks and currently only affecting users in China, AceDeceiver uses a technique knows as a "FairPlay Man-in-the-Middle," and is spread via pirated App Store apps.
You know things are getting a little serious between your company and the government when the President of the United States, who is essentially the most powerful leader in the world, addresses your ongoing encryption case, albeit it in a very indirect and diplomatic manner. United States President Barack Obama speaking at the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Texas, indirectly addressed the Apple vs FBI encryption case that has gripped the technology and wider community over the last month or so.
A new DOJ filing is essentially threatening to force Apple to hand over its iOS source code and digital signature to the FBI, allowing the agency to create its own bespoke version of iOS.
Apple's Eddy Cue is one of the more high-profile executives at the company due to his frequent appearances at Apple's product presentations in front of the media and an online crowd. The online-services boss generally stays hidden away behind the scenes when there's no public-facing event taking place, but has recently used a Spanish-language interview to get behind the Cupertino-based company in its fight against the government over iOS encryption and being forced to create a backdoor to the iPhone for the FBI.
Apple Co-founder Steve "Woz" Wozniak has become the latest high-profile technology entrepreneur to chime in with an opinion on the Apple-FBI encryption situation. Wozniak took the opportunity as part of an appearance on a TV talk show to give an insight into his own personal opinion on the situation. As you might expect, Woz shares the opinions and values of Apple and its current CEO, Tim Cook, and wasn't shy in expressing those opinions as part of his appearance on the talk show.
